Settee (recto)
Maker
Juste-Nathan Boucher (artist)
1736-1782
1736-1782
Title
Settee (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, brown and grey wash (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 28.3 cm
Width: 28.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3977
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
fauteuils
settees
Provenance
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left centre, graphite: "b"; right centre, black chalk, partly erased: "Devant 42 pouces / Cote 92 pouces / galons pour lang[...] / frangens glands mag[...] //; lower right, graphite: "Boucher fts / Taa //". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Boucher, fils.”; lower right, graphite: “Ovmt / #2 / 1200- //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left centre, graphite: "b"; right centre, black chalk, partly erased: "Devant 42 pouces / Cote 92 pouces / galons pour lang[...] / frangens glands mag[...] //; lower right, graphite: "Boucher fts / Taa //". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Boucher, fils.”; lower right, graphite: “Ovmt / #2 / 1200- //”.
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